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waterboarding vs torturing

torturing vs waterboarding

waterboarding and torturing both are nouns.

waterboarding is not an adjective while torturing is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
waterboarding Yes No No No
torturing Yes Yes No No
As nouns, torturing is a hypernym of waterboarding; that is, torturing is a word with a broader meaning than waterboarding:
  • waterboarding: torture where water is poured over the face of a captive simulating drowning
  • torturing: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
Other hypernyms of waterboarding include torture.
waterboarding (noun) torturing (noun)
torture where water is poured over the face of a captive simulating drowning the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
waterboarding (adjective) torturing (adjective)
extremely painful
Difference between waterboarding and torturing

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